County Executive Aaron Reardon announced that Evergreen Bottling is in talks with the Port of Everett to build a 100,000-square-foot facility to bottle water-based beverages for domestic and foreign consumption.

Reardon said the Port of Everett will handle up to 15 million bottles of water per month for shipment overseas. … At last night’s City Council meeting Mayor Ray Stephanson and a few council members said Reardon’s announcement was news to them.

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